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Dillian Whyte's verdict on Anthony Joshua, Tony Bellew, Dereck Chisora, Deontay Wilder and Joseph Parker

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Dillian Whyte says he is 'one or two' fights away from a world title shot

Ahead of his US debut, we asked Dillian Whyte for his verdict on five heavyweight rivals including Anthony Joshua, Tony Bellew and Dereck Chisora.

'The Body Snatcher' returns to action on this weekend's undercard for the Terence Crawford-Julius Indongo unification clash in Nebraska, live on Sky Sports, and Whyte is working towards a world title fight.

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But have the current champions and title contenders earned the respect of the Brixton man?

We asked Whyte for his brutally honest opinion on five heavyweights and what tactics he would use against them...

Deontay Wilder

Deontay Wilder is the current WBC world heavyweight champ
Image: Deontay Wilder is the current WBC world heavyweight champion

A good fighter. He's tall, rangy and carries power, but I believe I will knock him out. I think he can't take a punch.

My tactics? I would bring pressure. You need to stay defensively tight, lots of head movement, and keep on applying that pressure.

Joseph Parker

Joseph Parker
Image: Joseph Parker holds the WBO heavyweight title

He's a decent fighter with good hand speed, but Parker has no defence and no real power.

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Joseph Parker is open to a right hand and a left hook all day long. The problem with Joseph Parker, he throws quick hands, and then he leaves his head in the middle all the time.

All you've got to do is let him get off and then throw a one-two just before Parker lets his hands go again. You will catch him in the middle.

Tony Bellew

 David Haye and Tony Bellew
Image: Tony Bellew defeated David Haye after stepping up to heavyweight for their grudge fight in March

I would just go out there and beat the heck out of him. He's not a true heavyweight, he's a small guy who just got lucky that he was fighting an ageing David Haye who was carrying all sorts of problems. You could see from the start of the fight that David was struggling to cut the ring off.

I would just walk him down, apply pressure, and land big bombs. He does not have the power at all to bother me whatsoever.
Dillian Whyte on Tony Bellew

Tony Bellew is not even a cruiserweight, he's a light-heavyweight. I would just walk him down, apply pressure, and land big bombs. He does not have the power at all to bother me whatsoever.

Dereck Chisora

Dereck Chisora, Dillian Whyte
Image: Whyte battled to a point win over Chisora in December

He's a bum. This time I would use my footwork better, be a lot sharper, and a lot more patient. I will stop him in the first six rounds.

I could have done a lot of things better - it was my first 12-rounder. I lack a bit of experience, so I'm learning every day on the job and in all these fights. I've had 28 fights, amateur and professional, I've been in boxing eight years, but every fight I get better and I learn from.

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Next time, I know what this donkey is all about now, and I'll knock him out 100 per cent.

Anthony Joshua

Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte
Image: Whyte wants a rematch after suffering his sole defeat against Joshua in 2015

Listen, he's a good fighter, a strong fighter, but all I've got to do is be patient, keep applying pressure, keep the fight close and I know he will make mistakes.

I've just got to land the punches that I believe I can land. I landed them in the first fight, the left hook and the right hand, and body shots. Just keep hammering him and keep the pressure up.

If I dropped him the way that Klitschko dropped him, there is no way that fight would have lasted, no way.
Dillian Whyte on Anthony Joshua

He's always open for that left hook when he throws his right hand and Klitschko showed he's open for a good right hand also. I learned a few things on the Klitschko fight as well as me fighting him.

If I dropped him the way that Klitschko dropped him, there is no way that fight would have lasted, no way.

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Watch the world title unification as Terence Crawford takes on Julius Indongo for all four world titles, with Dillian Whyte on the undercard, from 2am this Sunday on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Arena.

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